9.17.14 Adam News: Day 1 of AI Judging

Interesting article from MJs:

Who Buys Music Anymore? A Statistical Inquiry


1. Who buys CDs? The middle-aged.

Sixty-one percent of people who buy CDs are 36 and older, according to MusicWatch’s estimate. Ten years ago, that figure was just 36%. Back in 2004, people over 50 made up just 19% of the CD-buying population, but today they’re more than a third.

This could help explain the relatively high number of veteran artists who have notched their first career No. 1 albums in 2014, including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Black Keys, Sia, and Weird Al Yankovic.

2. Among music buyers in general, teenagers just aren’t the force they used to be.
As a group, 13 to 17-year-olds have plummeted to a mere 7% of the CD-buying population, down from 14.9% in 2004. Their share of digital purchases, either singles or albums, is also down a healthy 12 percentage points — to just 13% — as downloading has become more mainstream among older demographics.

3. Digital downloading is no longer a male-dominated activity.
A majority of people who bought music digitally in 2014 were female (53%), according to MusicWatch’s estimate — a big change from 2004, when 60% of digital purchasers were male.


www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/who-buys-music-anymore-a-statistical-inquiry#3x0w1ja

Totally OT: Oh, and if you think about starting to create mandelbrot sets or fractals... I strongly recommend not to do it. It drives you crazy and is bad for your health, cause you just can't stop and you won't get any sleep

Just sayin...

Oh oh - and I love Adam as a guest on AI's judging panel. That's where he belongs!
But he can't fulfil this duty for long, cause he's got way more important things to do... like finishing A3!